The men's singles

wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designed wheelchairs, a ...

tournament at the

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was held at the Ariake Tennis Park in Kōtō, Tokyo from 27 August to 4 September 2021.

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's Shingo Kunieda defeated

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Tom Egberink Tom Egberink (born 22 December 1992) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. Egberink is a major champion, having won the 2012 Wimbledon Championships in doubles, and a two-time Paralympic medalist, with a silver and bronze from singles and double ...

in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the gold medal in men's singles wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. It was his third Paralympic singles gold medal, and fourth Paralympic gold overall.

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's Gordon Reid was the defending gold medalist, but was defeated by Kunieda in the semifinals; he went on to defeat compatriot Alfie Hewett in the bronze-medal match, in a rematch of the previous edition's final.

Seeds

(champion, gold medalist) ''(semifinals)'' ''(third round)'' ''(quarterfinals)'' ''(semifinals, bronze medalist)'' ''(quarterfinals)'' ''(quarterfinals)'' ''(final, silver medalist)'' ''(third round)'' ''(third round)'' ''(third round)'' ''(third round)'' ''(quarterfinals)'' ''(second round)'' ''(third round)'' ''(third round)''

Draw

* BPC = Bipartite Invitation

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

References

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